The Ring of Fire series is a series of alternate history science fiction novels by American author Eric Flint and several collaborators. The series focuses on Grantville, a town in West Virginia from the late 20th century that is transported – along with its population – to Germany during the Thirty Years’ War. The series is also known as the 163x series and the 1632 series. The books take place in Flint’s Assiti Shards universe.

The Ring of Fire series began with the novel 1632, published in 2000. Below is a list of the Ring of Fire series along with the accompanying Grantville Gazettes (edited by Flint), sorted by date of publication and suggested reading order:

Publication Order of Ring of Fire Books

1632(2000)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
1633(2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
1634: The Galileo Affair(2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
1634: The Ram Rebellion(2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
1635: The Cannon Law(2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
1634: The Baltic War(2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
1634: The Bavarian Crisis(2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
1635: The Dreeson Incident(2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
1635: The Eastern Front(2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
1636: The Saxon Uprising(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
1636: The Kremlin Games(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
1635: Papal Stakes(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
1636: The Devil's Opera(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
1636: Commander Cantrell in the West Indies(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
1636: The Viennese Waltz(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
1636: The Cardinal Virtues(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
1635: A Parcel of Rogues(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
1636: The Chronicles of Dr. Gribbleflotz(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
1636: The Ottoman Onslaught(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
1636: Mission to the Mughals(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
1636: The Vatican Sanction(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
1637: The Volga Rules(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
1637: The Polish Maelstrom(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
1636: The China Venture(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
1636: The Atlantic Encounter(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
1637: No Peace Beyond the Line(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
1636: Calabar's War(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
1637: The Peacock Throne(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
1637: Dr. Gribbleflotz and the Soul of Stoner(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A 1632 Christmas(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
1637: The Transylvanian Decision(2023)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
1638: The Sovereign States(2023)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
1635: The Weaver's Code(2024)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
1637: The Pacific Initiative(2025)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
1637: The French Correction(2025)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Chronological Order of Ring of Fire Books

1632(2000)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A 1632 Christmas(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
1633(2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
1634: The Galileo Affair(2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
1634: The Ram Rebellion(2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
1634: The Baltic War(2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
1634: The Bavarian Crisis(2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
1635: The Cannon Law(2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
1635: The Dreeson Incident(2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
1635: Papal Stakes(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
1635: The Eastern Front(2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
1636: The Saxon Uprising(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
1636: The Kremlin Games(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
1636: The Devil's Opera(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
1636: Commander Cantrell in the West Indies(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
1636: The Viennese Waltz(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
1635: A Parcel of Rogues(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
1636: The Cardinal Virtues(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
1636: The Ottoman Onslaught(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
1636: Mission to the Mughals(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
1636: The Vatican Sanction(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
1637: The Volga Rules(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
1637: The Polish Maelstrom(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
1636: The China Venture(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
1636: The Atlantic Encounter(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
1637: No Peace Beyond the Line(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
1637: The Peacock Throne(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
1636: Calabar's War(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
1637: Dr. Gribbleflotz and the Soul of Stoner(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
1636: The Chronicles of Dr. Gribbleflotz(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
1637: The Transylvanian Decision(2023)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
1638: The Sovereign States(2023)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
1635: The Weaver's Code(2024)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
1637: The Pacific Initiative(2025)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
1637: The French Correction(2025)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Ring of Fire Anthology Books

Ring of Fire I(2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
1634: The Ram Rebellion(2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Ring of Fire II(2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
1635: The Tangled Web(2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Ring of Fire III(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
1635: Music and Murder(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
1636: Seas of Fortune(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
1636: The Barbie Consortium(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Ring of Fire IV(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
1635: The Wars for the Rhine(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
1636: Flight of the Nightingale(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
1637: The Coast of Chaos(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Grantville Gazette Books

Grantville Gazette(2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Grantville Gazette II(2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Grantville Gazette III(2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Grantville Gazette IV(2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Grantville Gazette V(2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Grantville Gazette VI(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Grantville Gazette VII(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Grantville Gazette VIII(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Grantville Gazette IX(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Ring of Fire Press Books

(By: Brad Banner, Bradley H. Sinor, Robert E. Waters, Virginia DeMarce, David Carrico, Karen Bergstralh, Gorg Huff, Paula Goodlett, Enrico Toro, Wood Hughes, Iver P. Cooper, Kerryn Offord, Douglas W. Jones, Kim Mackey, Mark H. Huston, Terry Howard, Robert E. Waters, Eric S. Brown, Tracy Morris, Jack Carroll, Edith Wild, Herb Sakalaucks, John Deakins, Garrett W. Vance, Kevin H. Evans, Karen C. Evans, Meriah L. Crawford, Bjorn Hasseler, Bethanne Kim, Mike Watson, Vincent W. Coljee, Gus Kritikos)

Essen Steel(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Danish Scheme(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Joseph Hanauer(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
No Ship for Tranquebar(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Turn Your Radio On(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Second Chance Bird(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Medicine and Disease after the Ring of Fire(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Bartley's Man(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Muse of Music(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Love and Chemistry(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Battle for Newfoundland(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Essen Defiant(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Monster Society(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Persistence of Dreams(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Letters From Gronow(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Hunt for The Red Cardinal(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Chrysanthemum, the Cross, and the Dragon(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Legions of Pestilence(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Legend of Jimmy Dick(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Up-time Pride and Down-time Prejudice(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Red Son Rises in the West(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Trouble with Huguenots(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Magdeburg Noir(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Holmes for the Czar(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Fire on the Rio Grande(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Red Son: Not Without Honor(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Tales From the Mermaid and Tiger: Engines of Change(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Things Could Be Worse: The Pastor Kastenmayer Stories(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Two Cases for the Czar(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Designed to Fail(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Grantville Inquisitor(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Matter of Security(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Mission for the Czar(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Missions of Security(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Saving The Dodo(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Horsewoman(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Mrs. Flannery's Flowers(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Security Threats(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Gourmets of Grantville(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Marshals(2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Unexpected Sales Reps(2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
I Want to Be Your Hero(2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Security Solutions(2024)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Ring of Fire: Assiti Shards Books

Time Spike(2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Alexander Inheritance(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Macedonian Hazard(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Crossing(2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
An Angel Called Peterbilt(2024)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

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Notes: 1633 and 1634: The Baltic War are co-authored by David Weber. 1634: The Galileo Affair, 1635: The Cannon Law and 1635: A Parcel of Rogues are co-authored by Andrew Dennis. 1634: The Ram Rebellion, 1634: The Bavarian Cross, 1635: The Dreeson Incident and 1635: The Tangled Web are co-authored by Virginia DeMarce. 1636: The Kremlin Games is co-authored by Paula Goodlett and Gorg Huff. 1635: The Papal Stakes and 1636: Commander Cantrell in the West Indies were co-authored by Charles E. Gannon. 1636: The Devil’s Opera< 1637: The Volga Rules and The Alexander Inheritance were written with Paula Goodlett and Gorg Huff./em> is co-authored by David Carrico. 1636: The Viennese Waltz was written with Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett. 1636: The Cardinal Virtues was co-authored by Walter H. Hunt.

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